Summary of Basic Emacs Commands
M-v Move backward one screenful
C-l Clear screen and redisplay everything
(Putting the text near the cursor at the centre of the screen)
C-p Move to the previous line
C-n Move to the next line
C-b Move backward one character
C-f Move forward one character
C-d Delete one character
C-k Kill from the cursor position to end of line
C-y To yank the lastly killed text back
C-a Move to the begining of the line
C-e Move to the end of the line
M-k Kill to the end of the current sentence
M-f Move forward one word
M-b Move backward one word
M-a Move to the begining of the sentence
M-e Move to the end of the sentence
M-< Move to the begining of the file
M-> Move to the end of the file
M-d Kill the next word after the cursor
C-x u Undoes one command's worth of changes
C-x C-s Save the file
C-x C-w Write to the file
C-x C-f retrieve/open a file
C-u n C-f Move forward `n' characters (n should be a number)
C-x C-c Save file and exit
Notes: C stands for the Control-key
M stands for Meta-key and is usually the escape key
If you are using an SGI workstation, the alt key functions as meta
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Created by:
Daniel J. Hood,
August 2000
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/cshc/resources/emacs/emacs_BASIC_ref_card.shtml
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